What my first days are about is bringing America together, to end the decline of the middle class, to tell the wealthiest people in this country that yes, they are going to start paying their fair share of taxes.
Bernie Sanders: “What my first days are about is bringing America together, to end the decline of the middle class, to tell the…”
On the recordJanuary 16, 2016
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